Pianist Van Cliburn in pictures

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Photo: File 1958/The Associated Press

Pianist Van Cliburn performs for a packed house in the Great Hall of the Moscow Coservatory in April 1958 during the first International Tchaikovsky Competition. Cliburn won the competition, vaulting him to international fame.

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